#1 I gave up coffee. I'm drinking tea instead.
#2 Kid, 3 weeks after a bad cold/flu which she came down with just 2 weeks after E. coli poisoning, has now been battling pneumonia for a week.
She's missed more school this year than all other years combined.
#3 The only upside is that I was able to rest along with her last week, and I finally feel 100% better from my E.coli infection.
#4 We are NOT going to WDW for Thanksgiving. I don't know. I was kind of dreading the drive & feeling cheap. Plus, with Kid missing so much school recently, I just didn't want to do something that would require so much work (on my part) and more missed days for her.
#5 We are going skiing for Thanksgiving. This is a ground breaking trip. I've never downhill skied and either have the girls. Mr F has never skied in the time I've known him. So... hopefully we don't all break our legs. We're heading Up North just for the long weekend to the resort we visited this summer. We're excited. And scared.
#6 I've been watching The Paradise on PBS. It's good peeps. You can catch all the episodes on PBS.org if you don't have TV service, like me.
#7 I also watched ALL of the Call the Midwives episodes on Netflix. I don't know why I didn't get into the first time I tried... I loved it. Surprisingly funny (at times)
#8 I am totally into flossing, now. I don't know why it took me nearly 40 years. I mean, how did I ever think my teeth were clean before?! Floss, people!
#9 Major organization projects have been underway. I did successfully clean off the kitchen counters. (even the dreaded home office peninsula which acts as a super powerful paper magnet)
Craft cabinet... I'm coming for you.
#10 I'm taking down our Halloween decorations (Kid's pneumonia kind slowed me down on that front)... and putting up Christmas. Deal with it. I'm going for it!!! Last year I waited too long.
That's about it.
Photos for your perusal:
The girls bowling:
Awesome form, Baby!
She can't even fit forward in the car seat (Ha!)
She looks amused, doesn't she?
Still reading like it's her job.
Pumpkin carving:
Baby's super AWESOME school picture:
Hmm... if you tilt your head you might see who she takes after:
(although I'll happily admit she is much prettier than I ever was!)
Speaking of which, I laughably started thinking I had reached the age which required more effort into my appearance & decided to start wearing makeup:
(This could also be a strong reflection on having more time on my hands)
Well, about a week into it, a mom from school stopped me and asked me what was wrong. She said I just looked so stressed & tired lately. ha! So, long story short: I'm not wearing makeup anymore.
(But also, yes, I'm older than when you last saw me)
Baby is still.... Baby.
And she still, inexplicably, loves doing yard work:
Kid turned 11 on Halloween:
She had our traditional family birthday breakfast (Trader Joe's Chocolate Croissants).
We're never going to quit you, chocolate croissants!
This year's Halloween costumes:
Kid was a Victorian ghost (which, just take my word for it, was better in person... she even had glow in the dark face paint... which considering our trick-or-treat hours was sadly never in full effect).
Baby graciously agreed to wear her million dollar dance recital get up while it still fit.
My mom and stepdad escorted them out in their collaborative costumes. Popi sporting the ultimate in men's ballerina attire, and my mom was (obviously) a ghostbuster.
Popi was pretty much famous by the end of the block.
Kid is kind of growing up and too cool to give me any input about things like cakes.
(Baby, by the way, is not... I completely disregarded the 7 page manual she drew up for how she thought I should decorate Kid's cake this year)
I just did a simple cake that wouldn't offend her sensibilities:
She didn't even notice I wrote anything on it. I'm not kidding.
All she wanted for her birthday was a set of high quality dominos:
Barnes & Noble in case you need some. They weren't very easy to find.
TTFN!
The cats have a lot of work to do, today:
Chippy (our resident chipmunk) is out there LOADING up on maple seeds.
I think it is going to be a harsh winter.
